local life Free your community magazine FEBRUARY/MARCH 2016 Steampunk delivers the goods!....page 11 local life in this issue… Editor’s Letter 2 What’s On 4 This Issue, We’re Loving 5 Gardening – Bumper Year at Smeaton 9 Steampunk Delivers the Goods! 11 NB Gin selected by Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts’ Club 12 Food & Drink – Pecan, Maple and Brioche Pudding 14 Dear Readers A Shopper’s Guide to Spring Fashion 17 Welcome to the first issue of Local Life for 2016. The Healthy You – Back Care in the Garden 19 start of a new year brims with excitement, new trends Easter Fun at Scottish Seabird Centre 23 and the possibility of new beginnings. What’s On – Local Art Exhibitions 24 Our cover girl Mavis turns 40 this year and whilst her owners Steampunk Coffee are not ready to see her In the Spotlight – Laura Young MBE 27 retire, they are starting a new chapter in their lives with Interiors – Start Fresh this Spring 28 the launch on their online shop (page 11). A huge thanks to Rachel Seago for designing our gorgeous cover. Easter Fun 31 Archerfield Walled Garden Setting Roots Back at Home 33 Also celebrating is Laura Young, founder of the Teapot Trust, who received a MBE in the Queen’s New Year Tumbled Marble Tiles for a Chic 2016 34 Café/restaurant, deli & gallery shop Honours List in recognition of her services to chronically- The Golden Rules for Selling your Home 36 ill children in Scotland. We speak to her on page 27. Open daily from Building Wealth in Property 41 This issue features some of the key spring trends for 9.30am Useful Numbers and Weekend Tide Times 46 2016. There’s a guide to fashion on page 19 and on Gallery shop selling gifts, pages 28 and 34, discover some of the new looks for Handmade cakes your home. New beginnings can often mean a new & amazing scones children’s toys, local crafts home and on page 36 we let you in to the Golden Rules 17 for Selling your Home. Or turn to page 41 to see how you could Build Wealth in Property. Outdoor play area There’s so much more... from gardening tips to what’s Delicious menu using on in East Lothian over Easter. Explore the issue at your local produce & large car park 28 own pace. Enjoy your first Local Life of 2016! Kim Gourmet deli selling cheeses, Beautiful walks wine & more and paths Craft ale made in our Monthly Supper Club, 9 31 27 microbrewery last Saturday of every month To advertise in the April/May’16 issue please [email protected] or 07768 622 378. Visit us online at www.yourlocallife.co.uk. Inclusion in the events pages is free for local events and charity fund-raisers. For the April/May’16 local events pages, please email details of your event to [email protected] before 1st March 2016. Front Cover Image ©Rachel Seago. Editor: Kim Williams. Contributors: Hayley Flanagan, Amanda Farnese-Heath, SteveMcCready, Elaine Ramanauskas, David Mason. archwalledgarden @archwallgarden Proofreading: MagicSpell. Distributed by: Johnson Distribution Services www.jdsdoor2door.co.uk t: 07852289146 Local Life is designed, edited and published by Local Life Magazines Ltd, 45 Middleshot Road, Gullane EH31 2DG. Whilst every effort is made to ensure accuracy www.archerfieldwalledgarden.com in the information contained in this magazine, Local Life Magazines Ltd cannot be held liable for any errors or inaccuracies. Any opinions expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the publisher. Archerfield Estate, Dirleton, EH39 5HQ 01620 388588 What’s On We’re Loving this issue we’re loving... We’re all familiar with the scenario; the things we 9 Feb - Shrove Tuesday love the most ultimately suffer the effects of age, DATES FOR YOUR DIARY dates to 14 Feb - Valentine’s Day but we don’t want to part with them. That cosy chair 6 Mar - Mother’s Day you’ve spent years curling up in has lost its lustre. It’s remember... 25 to 28 Mar - Easter dirty. The fabric’s ripped. But it’s your favourite chair, so you don’t want to get rid of it. Or the sofa, that’s been in the family for years, but doesn’t quite fit February Event Time Venue with the look of your room? Rather than take them to the tip, why not revamp them into something 16 Jan - 17 Feb Textile Art by Kalamkari 10am-4pm (weekends 12-6pm) Waterston House, Aberlady (SOC) is for Pancake Day you’ll love again? to 21 Feb Nature Photography Awards Opening hours Scottish Seabird Centre P Anne Tunnock at Revamp does just that. She 20 Feb - 6 Apr Jane Smith Exhibition 10am-4pm (weekends 12-6pm) Waterston House, Aberlady (SOC) restores client’s favourite pieces to their original Mon 1 North Berwick Art Group: Helen Boden 1.30pm Hope Rooms, North Berwick glory. Plus she’s a dab hand at recreating traditional Fri 5 Prayers across North Berwick 10.30-11.30am St Andrew Blackadder Church furniture with modern flare ensuring your piece is Sat 6 Coffee Morning for Syrian Refugee Aid 10am St Andrew Blackadder Church transformed into a fabulous work of art or a modern- day heirloom. Sat 6 Little Big Screen www.littlebigscreen.org Gullane Village Hall Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Day, is the Sun 7 Messy Church 4-6pm St Andrew Blackadder Church day before Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. If a piece of furniture has a sound frame there Sun 14 Muirfield Riding Therapy Show Jumping 9.30am (www.muirfieldrda.co.uk) Muirfield Riding Therapy, West Fenton Shrove stems from an old English word shrive, meaning is no need to replace it, instead have the item reupholstered. Revamp’s specialist reupholstery Tue 16 Guild Meeting - CHAS 2.30pm St Andrew Blackadder Church confess all sins. Traditionally, Shrove Tuesday was a time for using up eggs, butter and sugar from the service is suitable for most furniture ranges. They’ll Sun 28 Fun Dog Show 10am (www.muirfieldrda.co.uk) Muirfield Riding Therapy, West Fenton larder as these were forbidden during the abstinence. revamp your piece in a fantastic choice of fabrics with the option to provide your own fabric if MARCH Event Time Venue preferred. Not only is reupholstering better for the Tue 1 Guild Meeting - Leuchie House 2.30pm St Andrew Blackadder Church environment it can be significantly cheaper than Fri 4 Prayers across North Berwick 10.30-11.30am St Andrew Blackadder Church replacing with new, especially for quality brands of is for Valentine’s Day furniture. Plus, you already know that it fits your Mon 7 North Berwick Art Group: Helen Boden 1.30pm Hope Rooms, North Berwick home and is comfortable. And, after Revamp have Sat 12 Bonhams Antique Valuation Day 10am-3pm St Andrew Blackadder Church V finished, you’ll have a fabulous piece of furniture which is bang on trend and will take pride of place in Sat 12 Little Big Screen www.littlebigscreen.org Gullane Village Hall your home! What’s not to love? Sun 13 Muirfield Riding Therapy Show Jumping 9.30am (www.muirfieldrda.co.uk) Muirfield Riding Therapy, West Fenton Tue 15 Guild AGM plus “The Herber Mooths” 2.30pm St Andrew Blackadder Church Sun 19 Lothian Events Craft Fair 10am-4pm St Andrew Blackadder Church Sun 20 Messy Church 4-6pm St Andrew Blackadder Church The meanings of many of the flowers we love date back 25-28 Feb Easter Art Exhibition see page 25 for details St Andrew Blackadder Church to Victorian times; people were big on conveying their feelings through symbols instead of words, and flowers Fri 25 Good Friday Evening Service 7.30pm St Andrew Blackadder Church were a large part of that. Some of those meanings have Fri 25 Good Friday Evening Service 7.30pm Abbey Church evolved, but we still strongly associate certain blooms with particular sentiments; love, lust, adoration and Sun 27 Easter Sunday Service 9.30am & 10.30am St Andrew Blackadder Church even rejection. This secret language still exists today, if Sun 27 Open-air Easter Sunday Service, then Breakfast 8am Haugh Car Park then Abbey Church Hall somewhat subconsciously. So this Valentine’s Day, don’t Sun 27 Easter Sunday Service 10.30am Abbey Church let your flowers send the wrong message! Roses – romantic love. Daisies – beauty and innocence. Local Life Magazines is not involved with the organisation of the events listed in the magazine. If you have questions regarding an event please direct Carnations – new love. Sunflowers – warmth and happiness. REVAMP enquiries to the organising body or the venue. Some contact details are provided. All information is subject to change at any time. 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